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FLOCK OF KARAKUL SHEEP GRAZING IN BOKHARA 



The feeding of animals is a serious problem in a country where green fades from the 

 landscape except in the brief spring that stands between piercing cold and cruel heat. 



KARAKUL LAMB AND EWES I BOKHARA 



The kindly shepherd vies with the soft-eyed ewe in caring for the wobbly-kneed young- 

 ster that is so soon to sacrifice his curly coat to some follower of fashion. Throughout the 

 Near Easl there is a community of life and trust between the sheep and his shepherd which 

 lias been the I heme of many a prose poem since the time when David, the shepherd boy, 

 sang the song that has cheered the ages : "The Lord is my shepherd." 



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